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action=setnotificationtimestamp

(main | setnotificationtimestamp)

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This module only accepts POST requests.
Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Update the notification timestamp for watched pages.

This affects the highlighting of changed pages in the watchlist and history, and the sending of email when the "M518x558S15a01492x531S20500488x547S30a00482x483 M526x572S10e50511x542S26500510x524S10e58475x542S26510477x524S30a00482x483 M518x610S14402482x556S1440a475x532S22b04497x580S30a00482x483 M532x561S18049468x526S18041507x526S20500486x550S20500504x550S30a00482x483 M529x562S15a37499x531S1f550505x538S20e00485x542S26a02468x535S30a00482x483 M520x576S14c19480x549S15a01497x550S20710483x530S30a00482x483 M518x589S10609492x553S10621481x569S21100494x540S2df20473x525S30a00482x483 S38700463x496 M522x524S16d18479x476S10012492x486S26904498x506" preference is enabled.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:SetNotificationTimestamp

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

entirewatchlist

Work on all watched pages.

Type: boolean (details)

timestamp

Timestamp to which to set the notification timestamp.

Type: timestamp (allowed formats)

torevid

Revision to set the notification timestamp to (one page only).

Type: integer

newerthanrevid

Revision to set the notification timestamp newer than (one page only).

Type: integer

continue

When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.

titles

A list of titles to work on.

Separate values with | or alternative.

Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).

pageids

A list of page IDs to work on.

Type: list of integers

Separate values with | or alternative.

Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).

revids

A list of revision IDs to work on. Note that almost all query modules will convert revision IDs to the corresponding page ID and work on the latest revision instead. Only prop=revisions uses exact revisions for its response.

Type: list of integers

Separate values with | or alternative.

Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).

generator

Get the list of pages to work on by executing the specified query module.

Note: Generator parameter names must be prefixed with a "g", see examples.

allcategories: Enumerate all categories.
alldeletedrevisions: List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.
allfileusages: List all file usages, including non-existing.
allimages: Enumerate all images sequentially.
alllinks: Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.
allpages: Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.
allredirects: List all redirects to a namespace.
allrevisions: List all revisions.
alltransclusions: List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.
backlinks: Find all pages that link to the given page.
categories: List all categories the pages belong to.
categorymembers: List all pages in a given category.
deletedrevisions: Get deleted revision information.
duplicatefiles: List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.
embeddedin: Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.
exturlusage: Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.
fileusage: Find all pages that use the given files.
images: Returns all files contained on the given pages.
imageusage: Find all pages that use the given image title.
iwbacklinks: Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
langbacklinks: Find all pages that link to the given language link.
links: Returns all links from the given pages.
linkshere: Find all pages that link to the given pages.
pageswithprop: List all pages using a given page property.
prefixsearch: Perform a prefix search for page titles.
protectedtitles: List all titles protected from creation.
querypage: Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.
random: Get a set of random pages.
recentchanges: Enumerate recent changes.
redirects: Returns all redirects to the given pages.
revisions: Get revision information.
search: Perform a full text search.
templates: Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.
trackingcategories: Enumerate all existing tracking categories defined in Special:TrackingCategories. A tracking category exists if it contains pages or if its category page exists.
transcludedin: Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
watchlist: Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
watchlistraw: Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.

One of the following values: allcategories, alldeletedrevisions, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, allredirects, allrevisions, alltransclusions, backlinks, categories, categorymembers, deletedrevisions, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, fileusage, images, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, linkshere, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, redirects, revisions, search, templates, trackingcategories, transcludedin, watchlist, watchlistraw

redirects

Automatically resolve redirects in titles, pageids, and revids, and in pages returned by generator.

Type: boolean (details)

converttitles

Convert titles to other variants if necessary. Only works if the wiki's content language supports variant conversion. Languages that support variant conversion include ban, crh, en, gan, iu, ku, mni, sh, shi, sr, tg, tly, uz, wuu, zgh M543x512S14c02458x489S26506496x492S18500519x494 zh.

Type: boolean (details)

token

A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens

This parameter is required.

Examples:

Reset the notification status for the entire watchlist.: api.php?action=setnotificationtimestamp&entirewatchlist=&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
Reset the notification status for WELCOME!.: api.php?action=setnotificationtimestamp&titles=WELCOME%21&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
Set the notification timestamp for WELCOME! so all edits since 1 January 2012 are unviewed.: api.php?action=setnotificationtimestamp&titles=WELCOME%21&timestamp=2012-01-01T00:00:00Z&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
Reset the notification status for pages in the User namespace.: api.php?action=setnotificationtimestamp&generator=allpages&gapnamespace=2&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]